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Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future! (762)

Opelucid Gym! Iris VS Drayden!!

After seeing her calm down a Hydreigon, Drayden told Iris that he's willing to allow her to battle him again. Iris is really excited for the battle, in order to defeat Drayden, so she ends up going for a walk through Opelucid City. In doing so, she bumps into an old school friend who helps her prepare. When the battle comes around, the battle becomes fierce and ends with a rematch of Haxorus VS Excadrill. Will Iris be able to defeat Drayden this time?

So the episode has begun and they're in Opelucid and they've seen the gym, but Iris is too distracted..

- There's the iron spike.. She just climbs it recklessly, here come to police..
- Iris is chilling on top.. The police and Ash and co want her down...
- Jenny knows Iris apparently.. Iris doesn't have a great reputation in Opelucid apparently..
- Somebody else comes that recognizes Iris.. I think it's her teacher..
- They're walking through a courtyard or something..
- Whoops, and there's Drayden...
- And he scolds, and he walks off..
- They're going to eat berries at what seems to be a cafeteria
- Ash of course is mildly interested in the dragon types here..
- Cilan remembers what Iris has told them about Excadrill vs. Haxorus.
- Apparently, there were also Altaria in the Dragon Village.
- This is where IRis went after leaving the Dragon Village for the first time..
- She played with Ducklett and Tympole in the school fountain while other children did not.. She played in trees while others did not, etc.. Iow: She didn't fit in...
- Flashback over..
- Lots of talk which I don't know what it means, probably that Iris is okay now.
- They go to Iris' old dormitory, with drawing of Excadrill and Patrat on the wall.
- When she was young she had pictures of the Dragon Village there, it made her nostalgic about when she was young and when she climbed the tower when she was young.
- Trainings battle with Fraxure vs. Altaria.. I missed a bit..
- Dare da: Haxorus...
- Commercials...
- Dragon Claw got dodged by Altaria.
- Fraxure is tired, but keeps moving..
- Mist and Fraxure is clueless...
- I think Dragonbreath on Fraxure and it's down.
- Here comes Drayden who had been watching the whole time..
- Scolds.. Yet again..
- To reflect, Iris has climbed the tower once again..
- Wow, apparently, Iris had Excadrill at this point already.. But had to leave it at the Dragon Village...
- Ahh, here's the Fraxure from before!
- Missed a bit, the battle starts!
- Excadrill vs. Haxorus!
- Metal Claw hurts Haxorus quite a bit!
- Drayden says that the power is good.
- Excadrill relies on Iris.
- Dig, but dodged
- Here comes Rock Smash vs. Focus Blast.
- Effectively dodgded..
- Giga Impact vs. Drill Run: Haxorus is down!
- And Excadrill as well!!! A tie.. -.-
- Here comes Druddigon!!!!
- And Dragonite! Weird how that happens isn't it! :P
- Drayden thinks something about Dragonite..
- Dragonite also gives Iris the look..
- Druddigon blocks a ThunderPunch
- And punches Dragonite away! :P
- Druddigon uses Flash Cannon, vs. Flamethrower..
- Again Thunder Punch, vs. Double Team..
- Dragonite waits...
- Iris tells it to go and the punch connects!!
- Here comes Ice Beam!!!
- Druddigon blocks it! :O
- Here comes Dragon Rush!
- Druddigon grabs it by the neck and uses Dragon Taiil..
- Dragonite crashes down onconscious! :O
- Druddigon and Drayden won.
- Ash says that she fought well, but as a challenger she lost.
- Here comes Drayden, he think he compliments here.. It's hard to see because of the epic beard..
- The revelation of Drayden talking to the elder. Iris is shocked! :P
- I heard something about gymleader in there.. :O
- Definitely gymleader..
- Yup, Iris is definitely asked to become the gym leader of Opelucid at one point.
- Ash says he's exited about the league..
- End of episode!

Last edited by Locormus; 8th November 2012 at 10:23 AM.

Answer to all the bad things in the world: Give up on trying to make everything better. Hence, accepting it for what it is. YOLO! <- Click the link and daw.. -.-

And yes, Iris is done, but I'm glad about the way they did it, they've had this discussion come up a couple of times now, so it's what they always intended to do.

Edit@Gotpika: It told me I had to download an updated version, so I did, but now I've got the broadcaster thing.. :S And it's confusing as heck to use.. It doesn't even tell you if it's TvTokyo or not.. :P

Last edited by Locormus; 8th November 2012 at 10:32 AM.

Answer to all the bad things in the world: Give up on trying to make everything better. Hence, accepting it for what it is. YOLO! <- Click the link and daw.. -.-

Yeah Druidigon got real good treatment it was just super badass how he owned Dragonite.

So does this mean Excadrill is stronger then Dragonite? since Haxorous seems to be Shaga main pokemon(i'm trolling since powerlevels don't mean crap).

Haxorus got evenly matched with Excadrill is what I would say.. I actually thought it went down to easy.. But when Metal Claw managed to do enough damage, then who are we to doubt that Excadrill can wear the Dragon out?

I think Drayden went all out on Dragonite though, because he muttered something when Dragonite was called out. Perhaps referring to the chat with the elder or something, that if she can control Dragonite that the elder would be right or something.. Eitherway, it was a good battle to see. Kind of a set up to the league as well, seeing how Dragon Tail was the finishing move..

Answer to all the bad things in the world: Give up on trying to make everything better. Hence, accepting it for what it is. YOLO! <- Click the link and daw.. -.-

Her goal was training Axew into a powerhouse to prove she had potential as a dragon master and have a rematch with Drayden. Having her beat Drayden with basically a wild Dragonite (she hasn't trained or done anything to contribute to its power) while shafting the dragon she is supposed to be training would have been a poor way to attain her goal. May & Dawn aren't allowed to win Festivals, Ash has yet to win a league, so it would have made no sense for Iris to be given a shortcut option to her goal AND achieving it. Prefer her returning in Gen 6 for an episode and getting a flashback of her battle with Drayden and how she became a gym leader, or they return for another match at the end of the Filler arc before Iris leaves the cast, not a win now, its simply too soon.

Also like how the Pokemon she trained from scratch (Exadrill) got a win and the Pokemon she just got without doing anything (Dragonite) got owned badly. Thats how it should be, effort and hard work should be the one that pays off, not free powerhouses joining out of pity/nowhere at a convenient moment.

Heck, yeah! Druddigon was so great! At least now people will stop downgrading it only because it is a basic Pokemon and doesn't have evolutions.

Haxorus and Excadrill… I'm glad that he tied. That was my ideal scenario, since it shows that he has improved but also that he still has to improve. I applaud you, writers, for that.

Iris, the new Gym Leader? Um, I like that, since she is a Gym Leader in Pokemon White. Well, it seems that Iris' story is almost over. Maybe one more Dragon and Georgia's rivalry resolution and she's pretty much done. But only time can tell.

That's what was going through my mind when she climbed the tower. I was surprised by it, I knew a summary said she was going to climb a steel tower, but I was thinking it was something people would usually climb.

Was surprised that Haxorus vs Excadrill was first as well. I thought Dragonite was going to win at first but then stuff happened.

Iris is asked to by the new gym leader? That's nice I guess, development and whatnot.

I didn't watch the episode yet, but I saw the pictures and it looks nice to me.